{"id":289219,"date":"2025-06-12T02:32:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T02:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/how-to-ensure-the-best-teams-qualify-for-the-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T02:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T02:32:41","slug":"how-to-ensure-the-best-teams-qualify-for-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=289219","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO ENSURE THE BEST TEAMS QUALIFY FOR THE WORLD CUP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>From 2026 onwards, the FIFA World Cup will expand from 32 to 48 teams. Instead of the current format (8 groups of 4 teams), future tournaments will consist of 16 groups of 3. This will mean that some teams will only play two games before being eliminated. It will also result in an odd number of teams per group.<\/p>\n<p>The current 32-team format is perfect. It is balanced with four teams in each section with the top two progressing to the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"865\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/26\/how-to-ensure-the-best-teams-qualify-for-the-world-cup\/img_2436\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2436.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_2436\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2436.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2436.jpg?w=400\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2436.jpg?w=400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2436.jpg 400w, https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2436.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2436.jpg?w=300 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, the overall quality of the tournament is restricted by the number of places allocated to stronger confederations such as UEFA (Europe) and CONMEBOL (South America). For example, four time winners and reigning European champions, Italy failed to make this year\u2019s finals. The <em>Azzuri<\/em> would no doubt improve the standard of the tournament ahead of teams from other confederations such as Iran, Costa Rica and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The number of places allocated to each confederation in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup were as follows: <\/p>\n<p>UEFA: 13<br \/>CONMEBOL : 4.5<br \/>CAF (Africa): 5<br \/>CONCACAF: 3.5<br \/>AFC (Asia): 4.5 plus Qatar (hosts)<br \/>Oceania: 0.5<\/p>\n<p>In the play offs to reach the finals, European teams competed against each other; the fifth placed South American team (Peru) played the Asian play off winner (Australia); the fourth placed CONCACAF team (Costa Rica) played Oceania winners (New Zealand). <\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Representation vs. Quality<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 32 best teams in world football according to FIFA rankings are not the same 32 teams that comprise the World Cup finals. This is largely due to the limited number of teams per confederation. It is important to strike a balance between representation (from different confederations, particularly those from developing football regions) and quality.<\/p>\n<p>In the opening games, Saudi Arabia and Japan upset two of international football\u2019s super powers: Argentina and Germany. This shows the value of including teams from supposedly weaker confederations. On the other hand, Iran and Costa Rica suffered heavy defeats to England and Spain. From a quality perspective, Italy would be a massive upgrade, as they would have gone into the finals as one of the favourites as opposed to making up the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>A solution to achieving this balance could be to pair European\/South American teams against teams from elsewhere in an expanded intercontinental play-off system. Each confederation would have a reduced number of automatic places, but more of the world\u2019s strongest 32 nations could play their way into the finals.<\/p>\n<p>This is how the number of automatic and play off places (shown in brackets) should be allocated:<\/p>\n<p>UEFA: 10 (6)<br \/>CONMEBOL : 4 (4)<br \/>CAF: 4 (3)<br \/>CONCACAF: 3 (2)<br \/>AFC: 3 (2)<br \/>Oceania: 0 (1)<\/p>\n<p>* Host nation(s) must qualify<\/p>\n<p>Total number of automatic places = 24<br \/>Total number of teams entering play offs = 18 (competing for remaining\u00a08 places)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>How this could look if applied for 2022 World Cup:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Automatic qualifiers are shown in black. Teams entering play offs shown in red.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA\u00a010 (6): Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Croatia, England,\u00a0Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Top six runners up in qualifying: Portugal, Scotland, Italy, Sweden, Wales, Turkey<\/p>\n<p>CONMEBOL 4 (4): Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Peru, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay<\/p>\n<p>CAF\u00a04 (2):\u00a0Senegal, Cameroon, Morocco,\u00a0Tunisia<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Ghana, Algeria<\/p>\n<p>CONCACAF\u00a03 (2): Canada, Mexico,\u00a0USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Costa Rica, Panama<\/p>\n<p>AFC 3 (3): Iran, Saudi Arabia, South Korea<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Japan, Australia, UAE<\/p>\n<p>Oceania\u00a00 (1):\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>Host Nation(s):\u00a0must qualify<\/p>\n<p>Total of 24 teams automatically qualify<\/p>\n<p>Play off places (18 teams competing for 8 remaining places at finals)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Round 1:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>AFC 6th v Oceania 1st <strong>UAE v New Zealand<\/strong><br \/>AFC 5th v CONCACAF 5th <strong>Australia v Panama<br \/><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Round 2:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>UEFA v CONCACAF 4th <strong>Portugal v Costa Rica<\/strong><br \/>UEFA v AFC 4th <strong>Scotland v Japan<\/strong><br \/>UEFA v CONMEBOL 7th<strong> Italy v Chile<\/strong><br \/>UEFA v CONMEBOL 8th<strong> Sweden v Paraguay<\/strong><br \/>UEFA v CAF 5th <strong>Wales v Ghana<\/strong><br \/>UEFA v CAF 6th<strong> Turkey v Algeria<\/strong><br \/>CONMEBOL 5th v AFC 6th\/Oceania 1s <strong>Peru v UAE\/New Zealand<\/strong><br \/>CONMEBOL 6th v AFC 5th\/CONCACAF 5th <strong>Colombia v Australia\/Panama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* Host nation, Qatar would probably not have qualified for the World Cup if they had to go through the Asian qualifying route.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Potential 32 Finalists<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on this hypothetical intercontinental play off draw, it would not be a given that more European and South American teams would qualify. Whilst it would be possible for more nations from the two strongest confederations to reach the finals, the opposite might be true. UEFA currently has 13 World Cup places. Under this proposal it could rise to 16. However, it could also reduce to as low as 10. Some of the above ties would likely to be very closely fought; therefore the number of African, Asian or CONCACAF teams could also increase at their expense. <\/p>\n<p>If the highest ranked team prevailed in each play off tie, the following nations would reach the finals: Portugal, Japan, Italy, Sweden, Wales, Algeria, Peru and Colombia. This would mean that in total, Europe would have 14 teams (up from 13), South America would have 6 (up from 4), CONCACAF would have 3 (down from 4), Africa would still have 5 and Asia would have 4 (down from 5). <\/p>\n<p>A potential draw for the group stage at the finals would be stronger than the one at the Qatar World Cup as demonstrated below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"864\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/26\/how-to-ensure-the-best-teams-qualify-for-the-world-cup\/img_2435\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2435.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"786,597\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_2435\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2435.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2435.jpg?w=584\" width=\"786\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2435.jpg?w=786\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2435.jpg 786w, https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2435.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2435.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2435.jpg?w=768 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Compare this to the actual group stage draw at Qatar 2022: <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/26\/how-to-ensure-the-best-teams-qualify-for-the-world-cup\/img_2437\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2437.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1997,1498\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_2437\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2437.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2437.jpg?w=584\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2437.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2437.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2437.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2437.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2437.jpg?w=768 768w, https:\/\/themarkjnblog.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/img_2437.jpg 1997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The expansion of the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams should ensure that strong football nations like Italy qualify in the future. However, the existing 32 team format is ideal in terms of both quality and numbers. The only thing that should be tweaked is the qualification process. <\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the amount of teams that qualifies per confederation, this intercontinental play off system would go a long way to ensuring that the teams at the World Cup are comprised of the best 32 in the world, whilst also enabling representation from each continent. <\/p>\n<p>By Mark Nicholas<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 2026 onwards, the FIFA World Cup will expand from 32 to 48 teams. Instead of the current format (8 groups of 4 teams), future tournaments will consist of 16 groups of 3. This will mean that some teams will only play two games before being eliminated. 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